millennia
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Some of that carbon becomes woody tissue in the trunk, branches, and roots, where it can remain stored for decades, centuries, or even millennia.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
This provides "very little evidence that the yeasts have been multiplying over millennia," he said, adding that he believed they were "relatively recent colonists of the mummy's body".
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Reid said if several centimetres are lost to fire, then "you're losing decades, centuries, potentially millennia of peatland".
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
The truth is more mundane: Their makers figured out their creations can’t do it all alone, and require the knowledge and tools honed over millennia by us mere mortals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The new linguistic skills that modern Sapiens acquired about seventy millennia ago enabled them to gossip for hours on end.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
